3rd PGD Challenge Discussion

[pstudio]

Well I'm always interested but unfortunately I may have to skip. I'm relocating and starting a new job in August so plenty of things to do. However if the challenge is interesting I probably can't help myself making a small game

[WILL]

Well I'm always interested but unfortunately I may have to skip.

Well that would suck Peter. You did pretty good in the last one. I hope you can squeeze in some kind of entry at least! Even if it's only a very basic game.

We need lots of people to take part in this next one. Hopefully more than the 11 entries from the first Challenge. But at least more than 7.

Oh an in case anyone doesn't know about this, there is a PGD Challenge showcase: http://www.pgdchallenge.com/

[phibermon]

I would like to enter with a Jink based submission, been planning to for a looooong time

Assuming the scoring criteria / theme is such that I gain little or no advantage from using it, otherwise I'll technically of had longer to work on my submission than is within the bounds of fair play.

August sounds good! couldn't give a flying monkey about Ludum Dare, just as long as it doesn't coincide with the Assembly party 1st-4th in Helsinki where I almost certainly won't win anything

[WILL]

Oh man Assembly. I remember the demoscene from back in the 90s. Before Assembly had a website online. Well before the internet is what it is now. *sigh* Just let the "old fart" have it will ya?

Maybe one of the future challenges could be something that brings back some of the nostalgia from the old days of oldschool Amiga/C64/PC demos. Nothing too intrusive, but will reward you for the more "inspired by" the entry is... anyhow just an idea no spoilers!

[Ñuño Martínez]

3-4 weeks in August sounds good to me.

Ok so I'm starting to get a feeling for sometime in August about a month of less in time. Does this sound like I'm on the right track?

What if I started it in the middle of the month?

I'm in.

[WILL]

So far we have 8 or 9 interested! Not bad numbers if everyone is able to create an entry. More would be better still!

I'm considering themes...

Past themes:

#1 was Simple Controller = game mechanics
#2 was The Journey = game play
#3 would likely go back to something game mechanics...

[WILL]

Alright lets do this then!

I thought up a theme and am I'm writing up the rules. Start date will be the 15th of August. It will be a "game jam" style event so there are no judges to target your games towards. However I have to encourage everyone to try to support as many platforms as they are able since his will allow more people to try their games when it's done.

All the rest is standard fare; FTP upload, theme announced on the start date, new thread created on start date, etc...

Any other quiet forums readers planning on taking part?